New evidence on the Savior church from Zashiversk

The article presents new evidence on the history of the Church of the Savior Not Made-by-Hands, which is now a part of the exhibition in the Historical and Architectural Museum at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the SB RAS. The sources include publications in the Yakut diocesan bulletins of the late 19th early 20th centuries, memoirs, and photographic materials. The names of the church mentioned in chronicles, reports, descriptions, and other documents have been collected. Despite their variability, the church is easily identifiable due to small number of churches in Yakutia and specific features of altar dedication. Important role of Zashiversk priests in spreading Orthodoxy in Chukotka and Yakutia is revealed. They performed Christian rituals for the local population, built and consecrated churches not only in the town of Zashiversk, but also in remote areas. An important contribution was made by priests Sleptsovs who participated in the construction of new Verkhoyansk church of the Annunciation of the Holy Mother of God. Geographical location of Zashiversk made it an important transport road junction ofthe region. Information about the time and circumstances of constructing the Zashiversk Church of the Savior in 1700, and consecration of its altar to the Savior Not Made-by-Hands whose image was brought to Yakutia by the Cossacks on their banner, is provided. Unfulfilled plans to move the church from a deserted area, as well as dilapidated state of the building in the early 19th century and efforts to restore its fence and replenish the church utensils taken to Abyi are described. The reports of A. Berdenikov and the clergy of the Indigirka Church as well as photographs from the 1930s are published.